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Passenger fighting for life after Gladstone Park crash

Caroline Zielinski

A male passenger has been left with life-threatening injuries after a driver lost control of the car they were travelling in and smashed sidewards into a tree.

Police say the Holden Commodore sedan was driving east on Rylandes Drive, Gladstone Park, about 12.30am on Sunday when the male driver lost control of the car.

Detective Acting Sergeant Lyndon Walker said the car spun out of control before it smashed into a tree sidewards.

"He'd gone around a sweeping right hand bend, and as he tried to negotiate the bend, we don't know why, but [he] lost control of the car and then spun and the passenger side hit the tree," the detective told radio station 3AW.

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The passenger was taken to The Alfred hospital in a critical condition and the driver is being treated for minor injuries.

Detective Acting Sergeant Walker said there were "no actual witnesses ... that actually [saw] the collision, but plenty have heard it".